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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Hancock Whitney (HWC)

Hancock Whitney Q4 2023 EPS falls to $0.58 on $75.4 million net charge

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Hancock Whitney reported fourth-quarter 2023 net income of $50.6 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, down from $1.12 in the third quarter and $1.65 a year earlier. The results include a $75.4 million net charge tied to a securities portfolio restructuring loss, a parking facility sale gain and an FDIC special assessment, which the company excludes from its adjusted figures.

Key points

  • Net income was $50.6 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, versus $97.7 million, or $1.12, in Q3 2023 and $143.8 million, or $1.65, in Q4 2022.
  • The net charge of $75.4 million, or $0.68 per diluted share after tax, includes a $65.4 million loss on the securities portfolio restructuring and a $26.1 million FDIC special assessment, partly offset by a $16.1 million parking facility sa
  • Excluding these items, EPS would have been $1.26, up $0.14 linked-quarter.
  • No shares were repurchased in Q4 2023; the buyback authorization expires December 31, 2024.

The filing

CompanyHancock Whitney (HWC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 16, 2024, 4:01 PM ET
Accession number0000950170-24-004600

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:05 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 16, 2024.

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